149 White Mask (1/2)

Minhyun sat on his bed.

His body was cold.

All he could think about was how Ji-ho was gone.

Never to be in this house again.

Minhyun's sleeve was wet from wiping the tears that fell down his face. He looked at it, his eyes stirring with disbelief before letting out a chuckle. Even that one time he cried over not getting sweets, he didn't cry this much. Did he really just cry all by himself in his room? It was silly to think about.

In fact, despite the fact that n.o.body was looking, he felt embarra.s.sed. There was something out of place about him reacting this way. To be this emotional.

Chae Minhyun did not cry.

He didn't deserve to cry over someone's death.

Especially after what he's done.

Alas, the demons that were ingrained in his mind were struck down by Ji-ho's words. Everything he knew was being shattered by a new truth. A revelation that he believed in and wanted so bad to be true..

He was not a monster and he deserved to be loved.

A dry laugh escaped his mouth. What was this? Was he seriously going to listen to a sixteen-year-old child? An annoying one at that. If his past self were to look at him, he would be utterly disappointed. MH didn't need a humane CEO. Only ruthless

Every cell in his body was rejecting this new idea. No. Don't listen.

Why should he listen?

Why should he changed the values that he believed it? The mindset that made him become the successful person he was?

But he very well knew the answer.

Because of Ji-ho, for the first time in Minhyun's life, he was able to feel emotions that he'd never felt before.

Chae Minhyun was saddened by someone's death. Very shocking. Everyone knew he was immune to emotions. He himself believed that the death of someone else was nothing. Having feelings was something that just indicated weakness. And that wasn't allowed.

When employees requested a longer break due to a loved one pa.s.sing away, he couldn't understand why they would need one. In fact, he would get annoyed by those workers and didn't hesitate to spill his anger upon them.

He was heartless. He did not understand.

But now he did. He was starting to understand the complexity of his own emotions. The humane aspects of himself. And how not only he could care for someone, but be someone that can be cared about until death.

Today, just like a switch, something within him flipped. He would never be able to return to the Minhyun he was yesterday. And it was the new memories and experiences that he obtained that made him not want to revert back.

This was something he should be grateful about and learn from.

He grabbed onto the note again and clenched it in his hands. The message that Ji-ho was trying to convey was clear.

A shaky breath escaped his lips. He wanted to listen to Ji-ho's words and move forward with his life. In a new direction.

Yes. He should not take Ji-ho's death as a tragedy but a new beginning. It was what the boy wanted and as his last wish, Minhyun was going to try his best to grant it. At the bottom of his heart, he knew that something needed to be done about his life.

After all these years of constant pain, he deserved to be happy.

He stood up from his spot.

Now that he put some sense into himself, it was now time to go to Yoona. She should be having a hard time with herself to. Especially, since she was closer to Ji-ho and was on the more emotional side of the scale.

But before he could walk, a voice interrupted the silent air.

”h.e.l.lo? h.e.l.lo?”

Was he hallucinating? Minhyun grabbed his head. He had to be. Right now, he was hearing Ji-ho's voice, loud and clear.

”Is anyone there?”